Preparation of super-aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced nickel-matrix laminar composites with excellent mechanical properties

Ze-cheng Hou; Lun-qiao Xiong; Yuan-feng Liu; Lin Zhu; Wen-zhen Li

doi:10.1007/s12613-019-1717-9

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Ze-cheng Hou, Lun-qiao Xiong, Yuan-feng Liu, Lin Zhu, and Wen-zhen Li, Preparation of super-aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced nickel-matrix laminar composites with excellent mechanical properties, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 26(2019), No. 1, pp. 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1717-9

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Ze-cheng Hou, Lun-qiao Xiong, Yuan-feng Liu, Lin Zhu, and Wen-zhen Li, Preparation of super-aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced nickel-matrix laminar composites with excellent mechanical properties, Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater., 26(2019), No. 1, pp. 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-019-1717-9

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Preparation of super-aligned carbon nanotube-reinforced nickel-matrix laminar composites with excellent mechanical properties

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Wen-zhen Li E-mail: zqqlwz@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn
Received: 26 March 2018; Revised: 14 June 2018; Accepted: 16 June 2018

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A homogeneous and compact super-aligned carbon nanotube (SACNT)-reinforced nickel-matrix composite was successfully prepared by electrodeposition. The mechanical properties of the laminar SACNT/Ni composites were substantially improved compared with those of pure nickel. With increasing content of SACNTs, the tensile strength of the composite increased and the elongation decreased because of the high-strength SACNTs bearing part of an applied load and the fine-grained strengthening mechanism. The nanohardness of the SACNT/Ni composites was improved from 3.92 GPa (pure nickel) to 4.62 GPa (Ni-4vol%SACNTs). The uniform distribution of SACNTs in the composites and strong interfacial bonding between the SACNTs and the nickel matrix resulted in an improvement of the mechanical properties of the SACNT/Ni composites. The introduced SACNTs refined the nickel grains, increased the amount of crystal twins, and changed the preferred orientation of grain growth.
- nickel-matrix laminar composite;
- super-aligned carbon nanotube;
- electrodeposition;
- mechanical properties

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